At the FDA
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The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration who was forced out of the agency announced his resignation Friday, and sharply criticized Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his boss at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Peter Marks has long steered the FDA's regulation of vaccines. He became especially well known during the first Trump administration for his work with Operation Warp Speed, which was credited with the fast development of COVID-19 vaccines.
Marks wrote in his resignation letter "it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5344010/fda-peter-marks-rfk-jr
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I’ve met with him several times. He doesn’t just oversee vaccines but all ‘biologics’ which include blood products, vaccines, and gene and rna therapies. He was really bullish on the next generation of gene therapy treatments.
Even if vaccines weren’t part of his remit, this would be bad news for America.
The main fear for society though is how Kennedy is likely to replace him with some antivaxx crank. I would imagine anti-vaxx and anti-genetic modification attitudes correlate.
It’s going to be a cruel four years.
